Monthly Archives: October, 2017

Each year, we invite you to fill a shoebox with gifts for the children in our state’s poorest counties affected by natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew. WPC’s shoeboxes are distributed via UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), which sends relief teams all over the world to help victims of natural disasters.

Join us for the Advent Preparation Celebration on Sunday, November 26! The Child & Youth Christian Education Committee will provide a light breakfast and our children will join in the Christ the King Sunday Parade to bring their shoebox gifts forward.

Help make our Advent crafts possible by bringing the following items to the yellow collection bin:

scrap wood (about 8”x8”, sanded if possible)

paper towel or toilet paper rolls

larger cereal boxes

Schedule

8:25am

Children will gather in the Courtyard with their shoebox gifts and parade into the Sanctuary.

8:30am

Worship

9:45am

Advent Preparation Workshop in the Fellowship Hall. Work together to make fun crafts with your Westminster family in the spirit of Advent and enjoy a light breakfast.

10:55am

Children will gather in the Courtyard with their shoebox gifts and parade into the Sanctuary

There’s something about being up high, the way the thin air feels. I know some of you have hiked up Lookout Mountain in Montreat, and you get to the top, about 3600 feet, and you can see everything. You look to the north, and you can follow the ridge above the Trestle road toward Greybeard, the peaks beyond turning greyish blue as you look toward Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi. You look down into the valley, back into the town of Montreat, highlighted by the auditorium, and the lake, and the stone inn. The Seven Sisters peaks frame that side of the valley, but you can also see out farther to the west, out into Black Mountain and beyond, Interstate 40 stretching toward Asheville. Or you can look south, then back to the east and the edges of Ridgecrest. From up high the land opens before you.

The Mental Health Task Force invites you to a final event in the series “Dementia: Navigating the Long Unknown.”

We will host a second movie and discussion night this Sunday, October 22, from 6:30-8:30pm in the Music Room. We’ll watch “I’ll Be Me,” a beautiful, funny, and inspiring film about music superstar Glen Campbell’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease before and throughout his sold-out “Goodbye Tour.” No registration required.